Acute otitis media

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• Acute otitis media — is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute otitis media typically causes fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs or symptoms of ear infection: a bulging eardrum usually accompanied by pain; or a perforated eardrum, often with drainage of… …   Medical dictionary

• Otitis media — Classification and external resources A view of the tympanic membrane showing acute otitis media ICD 10 H …   Wikipedia

• Otitis media, acute — Inflammation of the middle ear in which there is fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs or symptoms of ear infection: a bulging eardrum usually accompanied by pain; or a perforated eardrum, often with drainage of purulent material (pus).… …   Medical dictionary

• otitis media — otitis me·dia mēd ē ə n acute or chronic inflammation of the middle ear esp an acute inflammation esp. in infants or young children that is caused by a virus or bacterium, usu. occurs as a complication of an upper respiratory infection, and is… …   Medical dictionary

• otitis media suppurative — otitis media with a discharge of pus (otorrhea); infecting bacteria are usually Streptococcus species, Haemophilus influenzae, or Staphylococcus aureus. It may be either acute or chronic. See also Gradenigo syndrome. Called also purulent o. media …   Medical dictionary

• serous otitis media — n a form of otitis media that is characterized by the accumulation of serous exudate in the middle ear and that typically results from an unresolved attack of acute otitis media called also secretory otitis media …   Medical dictionary

• otitis media — /mee dee euh/, Pathol. inflammation of the middle ear, characterized by pain, dizziness, and impaired hearing. [1870 75; < NL: middle otitis] * * * ▪ pathology       inflammation of the lining of the middle ear and one of the most common… …   Universalium

• otitis — Inflammation of the ear. [ot + G. itis, inflammation] adhesive o. inflammation of the middle ear caused by prolonged eustachian tube dysfunction resulting in permanent retraction of the eardrum and obliteration of t …   Medical dictionary

• otitis — n. inflammation of the ear. Otitis externa is inflammation of the canal between the eardrum and the external opening of the ear (the external auditory meatus). Myringitis is inflammation of the eardrum, often due to viral infection. Acute otitis… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Otitis externa — Classification and external resources A severe case of otitis externa. Note the narrowing of the external auditory channel and swelling of the auricle. ICD 10 H …   Wikipedia

• Otitis — Classification and external resources ICD 9 380.10 MeSH D010031 Otitis is a general term for inf …   Wikipedia